Category Archives: Canadian Press
Leaders mourn Peres, who Chretien says had 'no regret, always looking forward'
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his Liberal and Conservative predecessors and political luminaries from around the world gathered Friday to mourn Shimon Peres - the Israeli statesman hailed...
Sep 30, 2016
War canoe takes Prince William and Kate to Haida Gwaii as royal tour winds down
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing T-shirts ...
Sep 30, 2016
'The truth will come out': Sister of Stampeder shooting suspect says he didn't do it
CALGARY - The sister of a man charged in the shooting death of a Canadian Football League player says she’s praying “the truth will come out” to prove his innocence. “I donR...
Sep 30, 2016
Polish explorer says he's found deepest underwater cave
WARSAW, Poland - A team of explorers say they have discovered the world’s deepest underwater cave, 404 metres (1,325 feet) down, near the eastern Czech town of Hranice. Polish explorer Krzysztof...
Sep 30, 2016
The Latest: Ex-President Peres brought to rest in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM - The Latest on the funeral of Israel’s former President Shimon Peres (all times local): 12:00 p.m. Former Israeli President Shimon Peres is being laid to rest in Jerusalem after an em...
Sep 30, 2016
Lawyer: Jury should hear about cop's 'auditory exclusion'
OKLAHOMA CITY - A lawyer for a white Oklahoma police officer charged in an unarmed black man’s death says she was so hyper-focused on the situation that she didn’t hear other officers arri...
Sep 30, 2016
Matthew strengthens into Category 5 hurricane in Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane Matthew grew into a powerful Category 5 storm late Friday as it crossed the Caribbean Sea on a course that could have it pounding Jamaica within days. The U.S. National H...
Sep 30, 2016
Peres, remembered for tireless peace efforts, laid to rest
JERUSALEM - Shimon Peres was laid to rest Friday by dozens of world leaders who praised Israel’s former president and prime minister for pursuing peace with an indefatigable spirit and optimism,...
Sep 30, 2016
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games World Cup of Hockey Game 2 of Final Canada 2 Europe 1 (Canada wins best-of-three final 2-0) — NHL Pre-season Buffalo 1 Toronto 0 (SO) Ottawa 4 Montreal 3 (OT) Winnipeg 4 M...
Sep 29, 2016
Late collapse costly as Team Europe's unexpected run to final ends with 2-1 loss
TORONTO - Team Europe wasn’t given much of a chance at the start of the World Cup of Hockey. Round-robin wins over the United States and the Czech Republic got people’s attention and an ov...
Sep 29, 2016